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✨ Hacker News, but refined — Interface tweaks and features to make the HN experience better
84 mentions on Hacker News by 48 people: 5 stories, 79 comments · first 2019-06-13 · latest 2026-08-21
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I don't know if this goes against the spirit of the question, but https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news does as you described
comment by mdaniel · 2022-07-25 · in Ask HN: Do you think Hacker News is missing any features? -
For my UX tweaks and improvements, I use: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by latchkey · 2022-07-05 · in Ask HN: Is it a strength that HN's UI has not changed over many years? -
…and the original version. Then I installed the Refined Hacker News extension: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news I use two services to get notified about replies to my posts/comments: - https://hnnotify.xyz/ - https://hnr
comment by Leftium · 2022-05-26 · in Ask HN: Do you use any tools to improve your HN experience? -
Probably not so useful for mobile, but have a look at Refined HN extension: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news I discovered it a few days ago. It seems to include a "override CSS" box in the menu, allowing anyone to…
comment by lgvld · 2022-04-23 · in Hacker News Guidelines -
…option for this to be built into. It has lots of great features while keeping things minimal. [0] https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by mkdirp · 2022-04-20 · in Show HN: Favicons for HN -
I have opened a merge request on Refined Hacker News ( https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news ) which is a pretty great HN extension for Firefox and other browsers. Thank you to OP Edit: I'm pretty pleased with my blue Space…
comment by jvzr · 2022-03-14 · in Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes -
…add-ons[0] which give HN quite a few QoL improvements. Similar to what RES does to Reddit. [0] https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by addandsubtract · 2022-02-13 · in Tell HN: Voting on HN Fails Silently -
I had created a list of endpoints on Hacker News to help with my extension Refined Hacker News ( https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news/blob/maste... ). Thanks for telling me about this! Will add these paths too :)
comment by plibither8 · 2022-02-08 · in Tell HN: You can see your vouched and flagged items -
+1 for the extension. Been using it since forever on Firefox and Brave. Link: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by stoicjumbotron · 2021-12-09 · in Two lines of CSS that will improve HN on mobile (IMO) -
This extension: ` https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news ` Funnily, I’ve just discovered it here: ` https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29314560 `
comment by guillaume8375 · 2021-11-23 · in Ask HN: What are your go-to Hacker News enhancements? -
Refined Hacker News [0] author here, thanks for the mention :) [0]: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by plibither8 · 2021-11-23 · in Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021? -
…News [1], with almost identical keybindings built into the HN interface. Neat coincidence :) [1]: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news#on-items-a...
comment by plibither8 · 2021-09-30 · in Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist -
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Refined Hacker Newsstory by jaytaylor · 2021-09-28 · 68 comments
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Try the "Refined HackerNews" extension. It might help. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by hidden-spyder · 2021-07-21 · in Ask HN: How do you track comment threads in HN? -
…extension, that allows one to set custom CSS and has a default preset for dark-mode :). [0]: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by plibither8 · 2021-05-30 · in Show HN: DarkHN – Dark Mode Mirror for Hacker News -
…has said[1] it overlaps surprisingly with their internal extension, so it might prove useful [0]: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20176460
comment by brianush1 · 2021-03-23 · in Erlang Garbage Collection Details and Why It Matters (2015) -
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Browser Extension: Refined Hacker News – Reply to Comments Inlinestory by jlkuester7 · 2021-01-13 · 0 comments
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I can recommend Refined Hacker News by plibither8 ( https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news ). I added a "collapse root comment" module which does just that. The addon itself has tons of other useful features, and is still pretty…
comment by jvzr · 2021-01-12 · in Show HN: Chrome extension to collapse and expand HN parent comments threads -
Refined Hacker News https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by latchkey · 2021-01-09 · in Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please? (2021) -
It looks like there might be a bug or two that is getting ironed out. The many eyes are working! https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news/issues/84
comment by Forbo · 2020-12-08 · in GitHub Releases Dark Mode -
I use this extension: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news It offers dark mode and many useful quality-of-life UI tweaks.
comment by simias · 2020-12-08 · in GitHub Releases Dark Mode -
…changing its features is what I like about it. If I want a new feature, I'll build it myself. [1] https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by mettamage · 2020-11-11 · in Ask HN: Wouldn't it be great to be able to follow fellow HN users? -
…popular, I sometimes comment on it, depending on how relevant my comment is and how low it is. [1] https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by mettamage · 2020-10-18 · in Ask HN: Do comments defeat its purpose? -
…which you can tweak around to customise your experience). This issue is also addressed here: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news/issues/25
comment by plibither8 · 2020-07-13 · in Refined Hacker News -
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Refined Hacker Newsstory by memexy · 2020-07-11 · 40 comments
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I simply use this, but it may be too minimalist. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by mettamage · 2020-06-18 · in Ask HN: What are the alternative HN front-ends with better discussion features? -
…quickly find them. Only downside is that that doesn't work for comments after the first page. [0]: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20173974
comment by mrep · 2020-05-16 · in Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please? -
…this too, and has preview overlays for comments/story links too, along with many other stuff. Here: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by plibither8 · 2019-12-20 · in Show HN: HN Card, Hacker News Profile Overlay -
…can be used to get all the favorited items of a user: https://github.com/plibither8/hn-faves-api 1: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by plibither8 · 2019-12-16 · in Show HN: HNTerm – Browse Hacker News in the Terminal -
https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by generalpass · 2019-11-30 · in Ask HN: How to highlight new comments on HN? -
…to prevent the overflow: tr.athing td.title:not([valign="top"]) { word-break: break-word; } [1]: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
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Refined hacker news, anyone? https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
comment by env123 · 2019-07-03 · in Why is collapsing a Hacker News comment so slow? -
…consider creating a feature request on GitHub to push it forward and get greater support for it! https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news/issues
comment by plibither8 · 2019-06-13 · in Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience -
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Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experiencestory by plibither8 · 2019-06-13 · 122 comments